Outcry as US State Dept site erases ‘Palestinian Territories’
Palestinian leaders are in uproar after the US State Department’s website removed the territories from its list of countries and areas, following a slew of pro-Israel actions by President Donald Trump. The official website no longer has a separate entry for the Palestinian Authority. An archived version of the website from the 2009-2017 presidency of Barack Obama shows that “Palestinian Territories” were listed among countries and areas both on the opening page and in the section of the Near East bureau. A State Department official played down the shift when asked on Tuesday, but did not say if the website would again include a separate entry for the Palestinian territories.
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